Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Alfred Fletcher, Shelby County, Texas, 1867

Alfred Fletcher registered to vote in Shelby County on July 29, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 36 years in Texas, 36 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Arkansas and Texas marked
Born in Arkansas, registered in Shelby County, Texas
Arkansas
Birthplace
36 years
In Texas
36 years
In the county
about 1831
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1831 to 1870

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In Shelby County

Alfred Fletcher

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Alfred Fletcher
Place of birth
Arkansas
County of registration
Shelby County
Precinct
7
Registered
July 29, 1867
Years in Texas
36 years
Years in Shelby County
36 years
Years in the precinct
36 years
Signature, as written
"Alfred x Fletcher"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Shelby County highlighted
Shelby County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Fletcher in Shelby County

Fletchers elsewhere in Texas

All 19 freedmen named Fletcher in Texas

Sources

This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 6 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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